2026 MotoGP Round 13 Aragon Grand Prix Race: Márquez claims 37-point weekend double, Acosta second, Bezzecchi third, Martín’s lead cut to 19 points

On August 30, Marc Márquez won the 23-lap MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix race by 1.754 seconds, with Acosta and Bezzecchi finishing second and third respectively. Márquez followed up his sprint victory with another win to take 37 points from the weekend.

Launch-device issue at the start, briefly drops to third

Márquez grabbed the lead at Turn 1, but then lost positions because the rear ride-height device had not been disengaged. Bezzecchi retook the lead, Martín also passed Ducati, and Aprilia briefly occupied the top two places.

Márquez then regained second, with Acosta right behind him chasing Bezzecchi; Martín dropped back to fifth after early battles, while Álex Márquez rose to fourth.

Lead changes on lap six, gaps slowly grow in the second half

According to MotoGP’s official race report, Márquez attacked at Turn 15 on lap six. The two ran side by side down the back straight, Bezzecchi lost the lead in the final combination of corners, and then was passed around the outside by Acosta.

At the halfway point, there was still less than one second between the top three. Márquez gradually pulled clear in the second half and set the fastest lap of the race on lap 14 with a 1:46.736, eventually beating Acosta by 1.754 seconds and Bezzecchi by 3.629 seconds.

Martín fifth in both races, lead cut to 19 points

Álex Márquez was fourth and Martín fifth. Martín was also fifth in the sprint, while Bezzecchi stood on the podium in both races and finished ahead of his teammate each time.

After this round, Martín leads with 256 points, Márquez has moved up to second on 237, and Bezzecchi is third on 232. The gap among the top three has been reduced to 24 points, with Márquez 19 points behind the leader; Acosta is sixth on 189 points.

Midfield order and retirements

Aldeguer finished sixth and Di Giannantonio seventh. Bastianini overtook Moreira on the final lap to take eighth, with the two separated by just 0.158 seconds at the finish.

Binder was tenth and Miller eleventh. Mir, Rins, Marini and Zarco took the final four points-paying positions; Pol Espargaró, Savadori and Quartararo finished 16th to 18th respectively.

Bagnaia, Morbidelli and Razgatlıoğlu crashed out, and the official timing records all marked them as unharmed. Raúl Fernández entered the pits and retired; after the race he only confirmed a mechanical issue, without offering any further details about the failure.

Aragon Grand Prix race results